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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff Issues (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive it has been referred to the Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 502 and 507 together. In 2011, I established the Special Delivery Unit in my Department as set out in the Programme for Government. The aim of the SDU is to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. The SDU's Scheduled Care Team focused initially on waiting times for in-patient and daycase elective surgery. For...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The number (WTE excluding career break) of public health nurses, employed by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011 and 2012, is set out in the table below: - 31/12/2010 31/12/2011 31/12/2012 Public Health Nurse 1553.38 1548.12 1515.83 Public Health Nurse, Senior (Immunisation) 0.8 1.16 1 Public Health, Specialist 47.98 48.73 48.56 Total 1602.16 1598.01 1565.39

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Recruitment (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet its fiscal and budgetary targets. The health sector must make its contribution to that reduction. However, the HSE can make staff appointments once it remains within its overall employment ceiling and has the financial resources to do so. As the recruitment of nurse and other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 511 and 512 together. The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced, in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets. The health sector must make its contribution to that reduction. This policy requires that by the end of 2013, the health service achieves a workforce of 98,955 wholetime equivalents (WTEs)....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Staff redeployment is a key component of the Public Service Agreement. It has been central in enabling the HSE to meet significant budgetary and staffing challenges in the face of increased demands for services. In November 2012, a Revised Action Plan for the Health Sector was submitted to, and subsequently accepted by, the National Implementation Body. The plan confirms the HSE's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Redeployment (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy with the detailed information requested.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's query relates to operational matters for the Health Service Executive, this question has been forwarded to the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The issues contained in the Report of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group are complex. They need to be considered in the wider context of how best to address the long term health and social needs of people who may have experienced adverse outcomes from all healthcare interventions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I have not yet received a copy of this report. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has commissioned an independent research report in relation to the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. The research included a consultation process involving patient groups, health professionals and in particular the women who have experienced symphysiotomy. The researcher is currently finalising the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Recruitment (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 527 and 528 together. The current moratorium on the filling of posts has meant that my Department has not been in a position to fill the posts of Chief Dental Officer and Chief Nursing Officer. Future decisions on these posts will be taken against the backdrop of my Department's need to balance the delivery of business priorities with falling levels of overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 538 together. late 2009 the Data Protection Commissioner received a complaint from a member of the public on the retention of NSCs. The basis of the complaint, which was upheld by the Data Protection Commissioner, was that NSCs should not be retained indefinitely without consent as this breached the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003. There followed a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's query relates to operational matters for the Health Service Executive, this question has been forwarded to the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: a number of studies in European countries including Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, there is a reported association between vaccination against Pandemic H1N1 (2009) and subsequent development of narcolepsy. Ireland, the report of National Steering Committee on Narcolepsy (2012) concludes that an observed 13-fold increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children/adolescents in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's query relates to operational matters for the Health Service Executive, this question has been forwarded to the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.